Make nasty comments

The answer

SNIPE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIPE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• CUSS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SNIPE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIPE, most used first.

• Marsh bird - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Take potshots - used 56 times, most recently in 2024
• Take potshots (at) - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoot from hiding - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Wading bird - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Long-billed bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Shore bird. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Game bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Long-billed marsh bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Shoot from cover - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Make malicious remarks - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Prey in a mock hunt - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Straight-billed game bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Make blank - ERASE, used 197 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• Make fun of - TEASE, used 161 times
• Make sense - ADDUP, used 137 times

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